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These full sun fern varieties are great for places that get direct light for most part of the day like a well lit balcony, garden, or patio.
The glossy leaves of this fern are quite adept when it comes to reflecting the sunlight off. It can take in the full sunlight exposure for 4-5 hours without any fuss.
Botanical Name: Cyrtomium falcatum
This compact fern with pointy and quirky foliage is quite a champ when it comes to taking full-on sun exposure for a few hours, making it a good choice for sunnier spots.
Adaptable to various environments, including full sun, this fern stays manageable in a middle-sized pot. Do make sure to protect it from extreme afternoon heat, though.
Because the individual leaves of the plant are so small, it is able to withstand direct sun exposure for 3-4 hours without any issues. Extreme sun in the warm areas can be an issue.
Botanical Name: Nephrolepis exaltata
Known for its hardiness, it can survive in full sun as long as it doesn’t get too intense. It will be more than happy to bask in its morning glory for 4-5 hours!
Botanical Name: Osmunda claytoniana
The fern has this unique name because of the middle section of its fronds that are “interrupted” by smaller, spore-bearing segments. It can take full sun for 4-5 hours easily!
Before you pick any of the ferns listed above, it is important to understand that these plants can take full sunlight up to a certain extent, i.e., a maximum of 4-5 hours – not more than that.
It is also important that you gradually acclimatize these plants to full sun exposure – starting from 1-2 hours of it every day and then bumping it up to 4-5 hours of exposure in 5-6 weeks. Sudden exposure can cause stress and leaf burn.
Also, it would be a good idea to increase watering
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I did pop out in the garden first thing on the Saturday morning but that was just for Mark to take a quick photo of me and my Rhubarb. The first Saturday in May is Naked Gardening Day, yes it’s a thing, and the only thing you’re supposed to wear is a smile, so here’s my contribution.
Now this hasn’t happened for ages, but nothing was going on this weekend. No cinema, no bell ringing, no seeing family. It was just me in the garden for the entire weekend. Obviously there was the usual shopping and household chores to do, but most of those were done on Saturday morning. It was then just me and my plants….it was beautiful.
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Two main groups of cherries are cultivated for the merit of their fruit, the `sweet’, dessert (Prunus avium) and the `sour’, culinary (Prunus cerasus); a third group, the ‘Duke’ cherries, form an intermediate class. The sweets are subdivided into the ‘black’ and ‘white’ varieties. All fruiting cherries are hardy in the British Isles, though the blossom may be damaged by spring frosts.
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Living deep in the Irish countryside as I do, surrounded by a centuries-old patchwork of farm fields, hedgerows and leafy pockets of ancient native woodland, a clear winter night sky is a thing of profound beauty. It is filled with the otherworldly shimmer of a host of constellations, familiar to me from my childhood.
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